O'Connor J. Armies, Navies and Economies in the Greek World in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. — Columbia University, 2011. — 700 p.Study examines a category of data—the logistics of classical Greek warfare—that has not been used before for ancient Greek economic history. This examination provides much new evidence for Greek economies in the fifth and fourth centuries. Close readings of contemporary literary evidence—especially Thucydides—shows that classical Greek amphibious and naval expeditions military forces always acquired their food from markets provided to them by cities and traders.